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RSS ports in newsUS fires up RFID immigration border trial
News The goal of the technology is to speed up - if not automate - secure entry and exit of visitors at the nation's ports, according to a Homeland Security press release. The chips are embedded in Customs and Border... [09 Aug 2005]
HP vs Gateway: Both claim victory in patent lawsuit
News Palo Alto, California-based HP claimed Gateway's products infringed on its patents and asked the courts to block Irvine, California-based Gateway from importing PCs with parallel ports early next year. [09 Aug 2005]
Apple beefs up iBook and Mac Mini lines
News The 15-inch and 17-inch models also have added features such as Gigabit Ethernet networking, faster FireWire ports and an illuminated keyboard. Apple has unveiled updates to its iBooks laptop and Mac Mini lines,... [26 Jul 2005]
Police to test bomb-detecting body-scanners
News The millimetre wave imaging technology was developed by defence research company QinetiQ with the help of government funding and is currently used to detect stowaways hiding in vehicles at channel ports and at an airport... [22 Jul 2005]
Worm outbreak feared after port scanning spike
News TCP Port 445 is used by SMB, which Windows uses to share files, printers, serial ports and also to communicate between computers. A surge in scanning on a port associated with a Windows flaw patched last week suggests... [24 Jun 2005]
Intel's Pandora has a Mac Mini feel
News According to Silent PC Review, AOpen's Pandora device has a slot load CD drive and power button in the front, along with three USB ports, a keyboard hookup and a serial port in the back for hooking into displays. [01 Jun 2005]
Navy buys mine-sniffing underwater robots
News He said the robots will also help the Navy by supporting search and salvage operations and protecting ports and harbours against terrorist attack. The Royal Navy is taking delivery of a fleet of underwater robots which... [31 May 2005]
VoIP is a threat to wireless security
News Jones, however, warned that VoIP services pose a threat to corporate security because they require some ports on the firewall to be left open, which can give hackers opportunities to penetrate a network. [18 Apr 2005]
Philadelphia to offer cheap broadband for whole city
News Some of these projects plan to string streets with wireless internet access ports using Wi-Fi technology. The US city of Philadelphia has unveiled a controversial plan to transform its streets and neighborhoods into a... [08 Apr 2005]
Windows takes wraps off server update
News Another feature helps protect a newly installed server by closing most of its ports until it has been fully patched. Microsoft has wrapped up development on the first major update to its Windows Server 2003 operating... [31 Mar 2005]
My first computer: The Dragon 32
News Although the workings of the 32k machine bore a suspicious resemblance to a load of technology originally invented by Tandy (including the chipset, keyboard layout, cartridge connection and joystick ports), Dragon... [10 Feb 2005]
Fingerprints, iris recognition and tagging 'to cut immigration'
News In a move designed to raise the political stakes on the issue of immigration, Home Secretary Charles Clarke announced today that all visa applicants will be fingerprinted once they arrive at UK ports of entry. [07 Feb 2005]
Spammers' ISP attacks 'all hype and bluster'
News Many ISPs have blocked open relay ports, such as port 25, to shut out spammers from disseminating messages from home-operated servers. Earlier this week Steve Linford, director of Spamhaus, warned that email... [07 Feb 2005]
Virus hijacks open source servers
News When the programme is run from a remote IRC server, it randomly reassigns ports and starts a Trojan, allowing hackers to access computers and listen to traffic. Security experts have warned that thousands of MySQL... [28 Jan 2005]
My first computer: The Vic-20
News It was fairly expandable, with all manner of ports. We are running the full series again to mark the recent re-birth of Commodore. Thus far we've featured the BBC Micro, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the Acorn Electron. [27 Jan 2005]
